He didn’t know that the events of the past few days, both in his dreams and in his half-asleep state, were deliberately blurred by a certain Demon Lord. If those things happened while he was awake, she couldn’t blur them. But since they didn’t, she used her Unique Skill to interfere with Shien, blurring those ambiguous memories.
That’s why Shien couldn’t remember anything.
Naturally, she wouldn’t let him remember. After all, she couldn’t accept it herself.
“Go back,” Shafney said, her voice slightly displeased, “You’ll see your precious little Airi in Central City.”
“By then, you’ll realize that what happened these past few days isn’t important.”
“Hmph.” Shafney sounded unhappy, her tone almost jealous.
Shien wanted to ask more, but Shafney didn’t answer, seemingly having fallen asleep.
Shien could only give up and turn to leave.
In her room, Shafney lay in bed, listening to his retreating footsteps, thinking about the events of the past few days, and sighed softly.
“What should I do now?”
“Even I don’t know.”
“This is so annoying…”
Shafney pulled the blanket over her head. For the first time in tens of thousands of years, Shafney, the carefree and free-spirited Succubus, felt troubled.
Another uneventful day passed.
After his fruitless visit to Shafney, Shien returned to his room, which he was starting to dread, and stayed there.
Liel didn’t challenge him to a fight today, only delivering tonics once. Shien kept his head down, not looking at her, not wanting to be hurt by her disdain.
Liel did inform him that she had arranged the Shajin Clan’s settlement in Succubus City. The Shajin Clan had started moving, and Shajina expressed her gratitude through Liel, saying she would never forget his kindness.
Shien didn’t dwell on it, asking Liel to take care of the Shajin Clan, and then stayed in his room. He’d done what he could and didn’t know if he would see them again.
Tomorrow, he would leave Succubus City with Shafney for Central City in the Moon Demon’s territory.
Perhaps he wouldn’t have the chance to return to Succubus City after today.
Fortunately, he had no attachments here, and after arranging the Shajin Clan’s matters, he could leave without any worries.
Thus, his last night in Succubus City arrived.
However, he wouldn’t be able to rest well tonight.
“I have to take the initiative.”
This was Shien’s plan after a day of pondering. He had a bold guess.
“Something happened to me, and something happened to Shafney. If it’s not related to her, who would believe it?”
Once could be a coincidence, twice a coincidence within a coincidence, but three times in a row? He no longer believed in coincidences.
Combining his own situation and Shafney’s unusual behavior, his guess was earth-shattering, so unbelievable that even he couldn’t quite believe it.
If he were inexperienced, he might dismiss it, but he wasn’t.
Therefore, no matter how unbelievable, he had to consider this possibility.
To confirm his guess, he would have to take a risk.
“I have to sneak into Shafney’s room and investigate.”
Shafney would never expect this. After sneaking into his room for three nights and doing unspeakable things to him, finally giving up today, he was now planning to sneak into her room.
If others knew about this, Shien would be hunted by the Succubus’s admirers throughout the Demon Race and even other races, truly becoming an enemy of the world.
Of course, Shien wasn’t afraid of this.
The problem was, the “flower” he wanted to “pluck” wasn’t some roadside wildflower, but a thorny rose.
If a Demon Lord was angered, even the current him would suffer.
But Shien was ready to risk it.
“One Lasha is already enough to confuse me. If there’s also Shafney, then wouldn’t I be constantly taken advantage of without even knowing why?”
This was absolutely unacceptable!
So, Shien consumed all the tonics, replenishing his energy, then drew his Holy Sword.
“Heresu!” He unsealed all three seals at once. Facing a true Demon Lord like Shafney, he couldn’t be careless.
Although the concealment of [Inner Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] was powerful, against a Demon Lord, he needed the Holy Sword’s power. With the Holy Sword’s “All Skill Levels +10” effect, his [Inner Awareness] would be several times stronger. This gave him confidence in not being discovered by Shafney.
His only concern was whether the Holy Sword’s strong holy aura would alert Shafney. However, he also discovered that after reaching Legendary Level, his control over the Holy Sword had increased, even able to suppress its holy aura.
“Perhaps, soon, I won’t even need to seal the Holy Sword anymore.”
Since his identity was exposed, and his control over the Holy Sword increased, he didn’t need to worry about its aura being detected, so what was the point of sealing it? He initially sealed it to prevent it from being discovered.
“I should be able to freely control the Holy Sword’s power after reaching Limit Level.”
“And after surpassing Limit Level and achieving Transcendence, the Holy Sword will undergo a complete transformation.”
“At that time, with my Holy Sword even stronger than Mitra’s, I won’t have to fear anyone, right?”
Mitra, after transcending, reached the same level as Lildas, the Goddess of Fate, so he could be even stronger. Perhaps he couldn’t reach the level of the Demon King or the Supreme God, but being the third strongest in the world should be achievable.